Briefly explain the sequence of motor development in infancy.

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Answers will vary. Locomotion is movement from one place to another. Children gain the capacity to move their bodies through a sequence of activities that includes rolling over, sitting up, crawling, creeping, walking, and running. There is much variation in the ages at which infants first engage in these activities. Although the sequence mostly remains the same, some children will skip a step.Most infants can roll over, from back to stomach and from stomach to back, by about the age of six months. By about seven months, infants usually begin to sit up by themselves. At about eight to nine months, most infants begin to crawl, a motor activity in which they lie on their bellies and use their arms to pull themselves along. Creeping, in which infants move themselves along on their hands and knees, usually appears a month or so after crawling.Standing overlaps with crawling and creeping. Most infants can remain in a standing position by holding on to something at the age of eight or nine months. At this age, they may also be able to walk a bit with support. About two months later, they can pull themselves to a standing position by holding on to the sides of their cribs or other objects and can stand briefly without holding on. By 12 to 15 months or so, they walk by themselves, earning them the name toddler.